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| -Election 2012 |
| Black Farmers Group Endorse Republican in Georgia Congressional Race |
| 2012-10-27 |
| A group of black farmers led by Pigford critic Eddie Slaughter has endorsed Republican John House in the race for Georgia's 2nd district. House is running against longtime Democratic incumbent and Congressional Black Caucus member Sanford Bishop. In a video posted to Facebook, Slaughter discusses the many attempts the farmers made to expose fraud in the Pigford "black farmers" lawsuit. Breitbart News reported a series of stories in 2011 about Mr. Slaughter and his claim that when Sanford Bishop was informed about Pigford fraud by a group of black farmers, he told them to be quiet or else they would "shut this thing down." He was referring to the fraudulent settlement that reportedly paid $50,000 to tens of thousands of people who had never farmed a day in their life. From a 2011 Breitbart News report: Within a couple of days, Congressman Bishop responded to three different newspapers. His story was different each time. Rep. Bishop told the Albany Herald that he was aware of the fraud but it wasn't his job to police it. This admission is significant because USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack had claimed that there was almost no fraud in Pigford. When speaking to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rep. Bishop was suddenly stunned and perplexed and suggested that the farmers had been drinking. Then, Rep. Bishop told the Columbus Ledger-Inquirer that he remembered the meeting, repeated that he wasn't responsible for monitoring fraud, suggested that there were antifraud provisions in the second Pigford bill and again insulted the farmers calling them disgruntled and irresponsible. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |
| #4 Keep the country safe, Mind the roads, And maintain the peanut alotment. In order of importance for a Georgia Congressman. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2012-10-27 16:59 |
| #3 About time they reminded which is the party of Lincoln and Luther Ling and which the party of Jefferson Davis and Lynch. Hopefully a few blacks, nor many say two or three percent do the same in the presidential election |
| Posted by: JFM 2012-10-27 12:33 |
| #2 A Vietnam Vet. |
| Posted by: bman 2012-10-27 10:53 |
| #1 I hope a President Willard takes a very, very hard look at the USDA. 2nd District of Georgia (Rep. Sandford D. Bishop Jr.) Summary information. 2.80 billion in subsidies 1995-2011. $2.43 billion in commodity subsidies. $ in crop insurance subsidies. $125 million in conservation subsidies. $246 million in disaster subsidies. •Georgia ranking: 16 of 50 States •70 percent of farms in Georgia did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA. •Ten percent collected 80 percent of all subsidies. •Amounting to $2.24 billion over 17 years. •Top 10%: $61,477 average per year between 1995 and 2011. •Bottom 80%: $853 average per year between 1995 and 2011. Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-10-27 06:53 |